wait — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

   TraduzioneRimandare un movimento o un'azione fino a un evento o momento; restare trascurato o pronto.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Esempi

   Please wait here until I return.

   Wait here until your car arrives.

   I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..

   Altri esempi (4)

   They also serve who only stand and wait.

   Haste, my dear father; 'tis no time to wait.

   No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   The South London tramway replacement will have to wait, possibly five years, because of the slowing down of bus manufacture due to national requirements.

2. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

   TraduzioneServire ai tavoli; servire i clienti in un ristorante o altro locale di ristorazione.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • intransitivo
   • stative

   Esempi

   She waits tables at a café.

   She used to wait in this joint.

3. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

   Uso

   • arcaico
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   to wait one’s turn

   Awed with these words, in camps they still abide, / And wait with longing looks their promised guide.

   Altri esempi (1)

   The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.

4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

   Uso

   • obsoleto
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all / His warlike troops, to wait the funeral.

   Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.

5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).

   Uso

   • colloquiale
   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   Montague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her.

7. To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait

   Uso

   • obsoleto

8. To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   She did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, "When will I see you again?" He answered, "I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me."

   I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime

Sostantivo

1. A delay.

   TraduzioneAttesa; ritardo.

   Esempi

   There was a long wait at the station.

   I had a very long wait at the airport security check.

2. An ambush.

   Esempi

   They lay in wait for the patrol.

   an enemy in wait

3. One who watches; a watchman.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

4. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • in-plural
   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   […]as he returned home to his owne house, the waits should sound the hautboies all the way

5. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • in-plural

   Esempi

   Hark! are the waits abroad?

   Altri esempi (1)

   1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.

   […] the waits begin their rounds, and going from house to house, […] they sing carols and Christmas hymns until […] another Christmas-day has dawned.[…]

Interiezione

1. Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow clarification.

   TraduzioneInvita l'interlocutore a smettere per un momento di parlare, digitare, ecc., spesso per consentire un chiarimento.

   Uso

   • informale

   Sinonimi

   hold onwait a minutejust a minute

   Esempi

   Wait, which address do you mean?

   - And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?

Sostantivo

1. time during which some action is awaited

   Sinonimi

   delayholdtime lagpostponement

   Termini più generali

   pauseintermissionbreakinterruptionsuspension

   Esempi

   instant replay caused too long a delay

   he ordered a hold in the action

2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

   Sinonimi

   waiting

   Termini più generali

   inactivity

   Esempi

   the wait was an ordeal for him

Verbo

1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   Termini più generali

   expectlookawaitstaystickstick aroundstay putremainpersist

   Esempi

   I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets

2. wait before acting

   Sinonimi

   hold offhold back

   Termini più generali

   actmove

   Esempi

   the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment

3. look forward to the probable occurrence of

   Sinonimi

   expectlookawait

   Termini più generali

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   Esempi

   We were expecting a visit from our relatives

   She is looking to a promotion

   Altri esempi (1)

   he is waiting to be drafted

4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   Sinonimi

   waitress

   Termini più generali

   work

   Esempi

   I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's